[jhwang5]

The best way to know if you're getting fired:

If you don't have a "cue" from your boss that you are safe PRIOR to the layoff, then you are pretty much on the chopping block.

In other words, if you don't know who the sucker is, you are the sucker.

[monkeyfacebag]

I would be surprised if middle managers at Uber have access to the plan at this point.

[rootusrootus]

In my experience, that is generally true. But if there have been any recent stack ranking efforts, that's certainly a dead giveaway.

[TheCoelacanth]

A lot of companies do stack ranking every year regardless of whether they're doing layoffs.

[jhwang5]

Yeah, but you always "kinda" know where you stand with your boss.

[vikramkr]

But you dont know where your boss stands or if they even get to make the call

[jhwang5]

Having managed and laid off people (unfortunately), I would guess middle managers have already been given a number X to cut already, and they are spending some sleepless nights already trying to figure out exactly what to say (unless they are too chicken and have HR personel do the firing)

[wtvanhest]

That is only one of the ways it’s done. The other is to hire strategy consultants who analyze org structure then try to fit people in those remaining boxes. Those left out are really out.

[lozaning]

I always definitely know because I explicitly ask, and recommend others do as well. It was one of the things I started doing after reading through Netflix's culture deck.

[ashtonkem]

Depends on company size; a lot of lower level bosses won’t know anything about layoffs. Last one I went through, which I survived, was a surprise to me despite being a manager.